Video grabs from videos on social media showing the moment of a strike on a US base in Bahrain. (February 28, 2026)
Iran's Guards say targeted US air base in Bahrain: state media
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted a United States air base in Bahrain, the Islamic Republic’s elite force said in a statement carried on Tuesday by the official IRNA news agency.
“The IRGC announced that... its naval forces carried out a large-scale drone and missile attack at dawn on the US air base in the Sheikh Isa area of Bahrain,” IRNA posted on Telegram.
The force said in its statement that 20 drones and three missiles were launched, “destroying the base’s main command headquarters,” without providing evidence.
Tehran’s latest claimed attack came after its military launched salvos across the Gulf region in retaliation for US and ‘Israeli’ strikes on Iran that began on Saturday.
Explosions were also heard and clouds of smoke were seen in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter, home to foreign embassies and diplomats’ residences.
Two drones hit the US embassy and sparked a fire, a Saudi defense ministry spokesman said.
In Qatar, the military intercepted two ballistic missiles early Tuesday, the country’s defense ministry said, after loud explosions were heard across Doha.
